CBC's Jeff Marek...Just talked to someone at True North who tells me the story is not accurate and no plans for a Tuesday announcement at this time.

ANALYSIS: This, probably, means that a deal is in place- in principle...

The league, however, wanted to make the announcement first and Brunt beat them to the punch. This could have been, with all the denials now in place, one of those last-ditch, Hail Mary chances for the local group to cobble something together and get a fire under their collective asses to come to the table as the home town team.

Odds are they ((the local "they")) were given a timetable to make something happen by the end of the business day Friday to challenge the True North bid...

If the locals flamed out by 5:00 Friday, it's True North's for the taking...

The NHL’s board of governors will not approve a deal to move the franchise to Winnipeg until a test market ticket drive is completed and they are satisfied the market is viable according to a source involved in the negotiations